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Liam O'Dell
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People have long commented on US president Donald Trump’s looks – from his blonde hair and his rather orange complexion, to dark bruising on his hand back in August – meaning that when he talked this week of being a “looks person”, many eyebrows were raised on social media.
Speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Thursday, Trump said: “As you know, we’ve ordered a lot of Coast Guard cutters. Brand-new, beautiful, the best machines in the world.
“The fastest, the best, the best manoeuvrability, they tell me. I said, ‘how’s the speed and the manoeuvrability?’
“I’m a looks person. I wanted the hull to be perfect – I sort of redesigned the hull a little bit, the hulls – but we ordered a lot.”
Except, social media users were quick to point out that his experience when it comes to “looks” is questionable:
“What kind of look is this,” asked one X/Twitter user, attaching a photo where an orange tint on Trump’s face is clearly visible:
Another commented: “Donald Trump looks like he’s been rode hard and put out wet”:
That’s an idiom concerning equestrians, by the way – get your mind out of the gutter.
And then there’s his experience with “looks” when it comes to gold-plated items:
Another wrote: “When he says he resigned the hulls he means he put some of that fake gold s*** all over it like he did in the Oval Office”:
Oops.
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